Sometimes the dust just gets to me…
Krasnoyarsk really could be quite pretty. If somebody improved the drainage and then washed all the dust away. Most days I don’t particularly notice it—apart from the dusty veneer...
What a difference a good night’s sleep makes!
We got a bed!!! No, we weren’t sleeping on the floor for our first year, but in some ways I would have preferred that 🙂 When we rented this...
An Aussie ray of sunshine
The last week of April and the first week of May were very special for us. We had a visitor from Australia! Our children’s pastor and friend Katie came...
Going to the doctor’s
Some people are afraid of going to the doctor’s. All those scary white coats and round shiny disks on their foreheads of Hollywood fame, not to mention metal instruments that...
Sick = Not Fun. Going to the doctor’s Part 2
I thank God SO much that we have all been kept safe and for the most part have been well while we have been here. As much as I...
Spring!!
I always used to think my favourite time of the year was Autumn, with its balmy nights and crisp mornings. Living here has making me re-evaluate that. Because the...
Winter Blues
While this winter was apparently quite mild – we rarely hit the minus 30s – it was still a very difficult adjustment for us Aussies. The days were very...
Protected: The Initiation Phase
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Rolling Stones Gather No Moss
But I wouldn’t mind gathering just a little! For a girl who spent 25 years of her life in the one house in a leafy suburb of Melbourne, moving...
Russia
Picture: “Ribena” tree. No, not like the drink in Australia, but a beautiful tree that was in full flourish when we arrived. Only a few short weeks later its...